Under the title "Giftedness across the Lifespan" the 13th ECHA Conference took place in Münster, Germany, from September 12th to 14th 2012. Together with over 1000 participants from over 40 countries Roya Klingner, head of the Global Center for Gifted and Talented Children, attended the conference. She was also part of a symposium during the event under the topic "Social Media and Gifted Education". The speakers at the symposium were Peter Csermely (Hungary), Tim Dracup (UK), Joan Freeman (UK), Roya Klingner (Germany), Javier Touron (Spain, and Albert Ziegler (Germany). During the symposium comments and questions from the audience and sent through twitter were discussed. For the presentations of the speakers and a writeup please visit Tim Dracup's blog.

Roya Klingner was also elected as a member of the ECHA General Comittee.